Patent attributes
Applicants have invented a guidance system for guiding a projectile, the projectile having a body portion capable of being spun in a first direction and a nose portion connected to the body portion by a spin control coupling, the nose portion being capable of being spun in a second direction. The nose portion including first and second aerodynamic surfaces fixedly attached to the nose portion and configured and arranged to cause the nose portion to spin in a second direction during projectile flight. The nose portion including third and fourth aerodynamic surfaces fixedly attached to the nose portion, which are configured and arranged such that when the nose portion is spinning the third and fourth aerodynamic surfaces have no net effect on projectile flight, but when the nose portion is despun using the spin control coupling, the third and fourth aerodynamic surfaces induce both a moment and a lateral force to the nose, causing the projectile flight path to change.
